Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Solon, the Athenian lawgiver, described life as 10 periods of 7 years in the following elegiac verses: [citation needed] "In seven years from th' earliest breath, The child puts forth his hedge of teeth; When strengthened by a similar span, He first displays some signs of man. As in a third, his limbs increase, A beard buds o'er his changing face.
"What Is Man?" is a short story by American writer Mark Twain, published in 1906. It is a dialogue between a Young Man and an Old Man regarding the nature of man. The title refers to Psalm 8:4, which begins "what is man, that you are mindful of him...". It involves ideas of determinism and free will, as well as of psychological egoism. The Old ...
Famous people quotes about life. 46. “There is only one certainty in life and that is that nothing is certain.” —G.K. Chesterton (June 1926) 47. “Make it a rule of life never to regret and ...
These life quotes from the past 100 years continue to endure. The post 111 of the Most Powerful Quotes About Life appeared first on Reader's Digest.
"The true measure of a man is in how he provided for his children" this was one lesson Sidney learnt from his father and held dear to his heart all his life. The translation in Chinese ( ISBN 9570484969 ) of this autobiography was done by Fongfong Olivia Wei, and published by Triumph Publishing Company in Taipei , Taiwan , in the year 2002.
"When the man who feeds the world by toiling in the fields is himself deprived of the basic rights of feeding, sheltering and caring for his own family, the whole community of man is sick." 45.
"Life's a climb. But the view is great." There are times when things seemingly go to plan, and there are other moments when nothing works out. During those instances, you might feel lost.
The first English use of the expression "meaning of life" appears in Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus (1833–1834), book II chapter IX, "The Everlasting Yea". [1]Our Life is compassed round with Necessity; yet is the meaning of Life itself no other than Freedom, than Voluntary Force: thus have we a warfare; in the beginning, especially, a hard-fought battle.